We plan to spotlight an insect every week to bring better attention to the diversity of insects in central Illinois. We hope you enjoy. We will also be publishing these on our Facebook page. Note – if you try to view an insect of the week before the scheduled display date listed below, you will receive a 404 file not found message. Please be patient as we unveil these species to correspond with our posts on Facebook..
Insect of the week (July 15, 2024)
Thought it might be interesting to post notes about a selected Illinois insect every week. For our first insect, I thought the one in our logo would be appropriate. The ivory-marked borer (Eburia quadrigeminata was described by Thomas Say in 1826). [He originally placed this species in the genus Stenocorus.] It is a beetle classified in the...